Understanding Faith is made up of 122 units
covering both primary and secondary schools
Understanding Faith is an online educational platform providing comprehensive religious education content and activities tailored to both primary and secondary school curricula. It offers a rich multimedia approach to learning, including interactive activities, videos, slideshows, and podcasts, all designed to foster the Catholic faith and spirituality in young people. The content is checked for doctrinal accuracy and aligns with religious educational curricula, making it a valuable tool for teachers in religious education in schools across Australia.
Teacher Testimonial
"Understanding Faith provides resources that complement our units to help meet the outcomes of the syllabus. The teaching learning activities are engaging and provide opportunities for the students to make personal reflections upon their learning and deepen their knowledge of their faith. The program offers a variety of learning and is well sequenced and so easy to use, saving the teacher so much time. It is also wonderful for teacher background and knowledge."
- F Bolton - St Patrick's Catholic School - East GosfordTeacher Testimonial
"I have found Understanding Faith an excellent resource to use, both as a primary teacher and now as a secondary teacher of Religion. Although extensive, it is easy to search this resource for specific topics. I find the glossary of "Important Words" at the beginning of each unit very helpful, particularly as many of my learners speak English as an additional language. It is also reassuring to know that all the content is from a Catholic perspective."
- J Wigan - Mount St Bernard College - HerbertonTeacher Testimonial
“Understanding Faith is an excellent resource. I am the REC of my school, and I am always reminding teachers to use it because it is so good. Sometimes they forget about how great a resource it is. I do a weekly newsletter and it is in it every week. Thank you for providing such an extensive resource.”
- K. Hampton – St John the Evangelist Primary – CampbelltownTeacher Testimonial
“I absolutely love using this website, in fact, we all do in year 1, and it really compliments the work we do in class. The children love it when something visual is up…gets them engaged and interested. Thank you! Keep up the fab work!”
- L. Giles – St John’s Catholic Primary School - DaptoTeacher Testimonial
"Understanding Faith provides resources that complement our units to help meet the outcomes of the syllabus. The teaching learning activities are engaging and provide opportunities for the students to make personal reflections upon their learning and deepen their knowledge of their faith. The program offers a variety of learning and is well sequenced and so easy to use, saving the teacher so much time. It is also wonderful for teacher background and knowledge."
- F Bolton - St Patrick's Catholic School - East Gosford
How can Understanding Faith
help you teach Religious Education?
Understanding Faith uses a multi-modal approach to engage students through a variety of formats including songs, videos, interactive activities, and slideshows.
It beats the textbook approach – every time!
We have listened to your feedback and improved our support for teachers, creating and developing a range of instructional videos on our YouTube Channel, compiling a list of helpful resources for easy access and publishing a range of blogs across our social media channels and website, covering a wide range of topics such as current events and good news stories in the Catholic community.
Understanding Faith Resource Inclusions:
- 4,164+ interactive activities in a variety styles
- 1,233+ printable worksheets for the more traditional learner
- 1,575+ YouTube video extracts
- 1,068+ video extracts
- 959+ podcasts and music
- 2,349+ slideshows to enrich multiple learning styles
- 412+ newspaper articles to enhance the relevance of religious education
- 14,000+ images
- Podcast transcripts for students who are hearing impaired
